How the Americans spent Labour Day

Published September 4, 2012
Smile Seeker clowns blow bubbles and wave to the crowd during the annual Upland Labour Day Parade in Upland, Ind., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
Smile Seeker clowns blow bubbles and wave to the crowd during the annual Upland Labour Day Parade in Upland, Ind., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
Siblings, holding a sign which reads ?Happy Labor Day?, walk past an image of US President Barack Obama at the CarolinaFest, a large street festival for Convention delegates and their families, ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Obama will be nominated as the Democratic candidate at the convention, along with Vice President Joe Biden as his running mate, for November's US presidential election.
Siblings, holding a sign which reads ?Happy Labor Day?, walk past an image of US President Barack Obama at the CarolinaFest, a large street festival for Convention delegates and their families, ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Obama will be nominated as the Democratic candidate at the convention, along with Vice President Joe Biden as his running mate, for November's US presidential election.
A woman (L) reacts after shaking the hand of US President Barack Obama at a Labour Day campaign event at Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio.
A woman (L) reacts after shaking the hand of US President Barack Obama at a Labour Day campaign event at Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio.
US President Barack Obama speaks during a Labour Day campaign event in Toledo.
US President Barack Obama speaks during a Labour Day campaign event in Toledo.
Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Labour Day Rally in Detroit.
Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Labour Day Rally in Detroit.
Demonstrators march in a Labour Day parade in Charlotte, NC. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Demonstrators march in a Labour Day parade in Charlotte, NC. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Protesters march in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Protesters march in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Flag bearers wear t-shirts with United States President Barack Obama on them march in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.
Flag bearers wear t-shirts with United States President Barack Obama on them march in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.
A boy marches in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.
A boy marches in the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.
A protester holds up a sign after the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.
A protester holds up a sign after the Charlotte Labour Day Parade.

Hundreds of people marched Sunday through Charlotte's central business district ahead of the Democratic National Convention to protest corporate greed in a demonstration that was lively but smaller than organisers had touted. About 600 marchers carried signs and banners, banged drums and chanted on a sunny afternoon as part of the March on Wall Street South.

Official convention events began Tuesday, but thousands of delegates, officials, protesters and journalists began gathering over the weekend.

Democrats assembled Tuesday to re-nominate Barack Obama for the presidency, to sell him as the wise and humane alternative to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a pitch that will be repeated endlessly over the next two months to an American electorate that is more politically divided than at any time in at least a quarter century.

Through the course of the Democratic National Convention this week, Obama and his party will be fighting Romney's argument that the president has failed and will only lead the country deeper into debt and economic despair. – Photos by Agencies

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